[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Vanport 9-9-1969 by Ord. No.
185. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The President of the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Vanport is authorized, if he finds that the Township or any part
thereof is suffering or is in imminent danger of suffering a riot,
disturbance or disorderly assembly or other occurrence which will
seriously and substantially endanger the peace, safety and welfare
of the Township or its inhabitants, to declare by proclamation a state
of emergency and to take the following specified measures throughout
the Township or any part thereof:
A.
Prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather or congregate
upon the public highways or public sidewalks or in any outdoor place.
B.
Halt access or egress upon public highways to or from the Township
or any part thereof.
C.
Establish a curfew limiting the hours when persons may go upon or
travel the public streets and sidewalks. During said curfew it shall
be unlawful for any person except city officials, police, firemen
or their duly authorized agents or persons to whom a permit has been
issued by police authorities to be on any street, sidewalk or outdoor
place within the Township.
D.
Require the closing of places dispensing alcoholic beverages and
prohibit the dispensing of alcoholic beverages.
E.
Prohibit or restrict the sale of gasoline or other inflammable liquids.
F.
Prohibit the sale, carrying or possession on the public streets or
sidewalks or any public place by anyone except police of weapons including,
but not limited to, firearms, air rifles, slingshots, knives, razors,
firebombs, Molotov cocktails or other inflammable things or devices
or missiles of any kind.
G.
Prohibit any interference in any way with the functions of firemen
or the operation of any fire equipment.
The state of emergency declared by the President of the Board
of Commissioners shall exist for the period set forth in the proclamation
but not in excess of two weeks. However, the state of emergency may
be extended for additional periods of two weeks.
[Amended 12-12-1997 by Ord. No. 281]
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity violating
any emergency measure taken by the President of the Board of Commissioners
under the authority of this chapter shall, upon being found guilty
thereof in an action before the District Justice, be sentenced to
pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in
default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 30 days.
